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Abbeville Principal Brett Darby thanks his final senior class for being good students during graduation.

Changing of the guard at Abbeville High School

Fri, 05/27/2022 - 11:08am

Phillip Freeman has a vision for Abbeville High School.
Right now, it’s only a vision held by the newly named principal of the school.
“I don’t have a plan that is on paper just yet,” Freeman said.
That will, of course, change during the coming weeks. What will assist that process is input from the school and community stakeholders. Freeman wants that input.
“I have met with more and more people this week,” Freeman said. “Community is very, very important. You also have to be able to communicate your vision. If you can do that, it gets easier.

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VC Principal Mike Guilbeaux speaks to his final VC graduating class in St. Mary Magdalen Church.

Guilbeaux’s tenure as Vermilion Catholic principal winds down

Fri, 05/27/2022 - 11:02am

When Mike Guilbeaux retired as North Vermilion High principal in 2008, after 33 years in the public school system, he didn’t plan on another stint in education.
He ended up finding one anyway, one that has lasted a dozen years. So now, Guilbeaux feels the time is right to again head off into retirement.
At the official end of the school year, Guilbeaux will say goodbye to Vermilion Catholic after spending the 12 years at the school, including the past 11 as principal.

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The area in yellow is new District I school board district, which is now the ninth school board district. In the district will be the schools Indian Bayou Elementary and Meaux Elementary. The election for the new district will be in November.

Vermilion Parish School Board will be a nine-member board

Wed, 05/25/2022 - 9:04am

When 2023 rolls around, the Vermilion Parish School Board will officially consist of a nine-member school board.
The school board will have an odd number of school board members for the first time ever. On Wednesday, the eight school board members voted 8-0 to add an extra district, bringing the total number of school board members to nine.
The last time the school board changed the number of school board members was around 1990, when it went from a 14-member school board to an eight-member school board.

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Rotary Club President Annette Mudd presents Abbeville High’s Christopher Richard with his award for “What I Want to Be and Why.”

Richard wins ‘What I want to Be and Why’ Essay Contest

Tue, 05/24/2022 - 11:49am

Christopher Richard is this year’s winner of the Rotary Club of Abbeville’s “What I Want to Be and Why” contest.
Since the contest’s inception in 1949, there have been myriad scientific breakthroughs. Richard, a 2022 Abbeville High graduate, wants to be part of furthering advancements that help others, as he has seen those advancements help someone special to him.
“My sister was born with a cleft palate,” Richard said, “which led to her hearing loss.”
She wore traditional hearing aids for years, which Richard said complicated her medical issues.

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Military Museum in Abbeville will have Memorial Day ceremony

Mon, 05/23/2022 - 3:05pm

The Louisiana Military Museum will host its annual Memorial Day Commemoration on Monday, in honor of those service members who are no longer with us. This all-day event is free and open to the public.
The Museum will be open for self-guided tours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The inaugural Anything Over Rice or Pasta Cook-Off will take place from 12:30-2:30 p.m.

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